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I have faced eight doors using ordinary polythene and just the one bag.It kept getting smaller with each one and I was using a piece of melamine faced chipboard as a base.If you don't normally use a breather cloth-it won't work as punctures are likely.With a breather cloth it may work well and I...

I use damp proof membrane from the builder's merchant a couple of hundred yards up the road.The usual problem is that the mastic tape won't release and the bag gets a little smaller with each job.If you use the interlocking plastic extrusions,this won't apply.I have used one bag for at least six...

No need to saw to that kind of thickness unless your bend radius is very tight.With good grain conditions you can normally expect to bend to a radius of about 50 times the laminate thickness.Planing isn't essential if the saw gives a decent finish but becomes necessary if the saw leaves a rough...

Thats not a GP14,its an Enterprise.A good scrape should get the flaky varnish off and the deck needs re-doing.Not a huge job once you have the old one off.Take care of the lifting handles and spray deflectors as they are more difficult to make and fit than you might think.

If you think having a 50mm wide iron should mean that you get 50mm wide shavings,be glad you don't.I would pay good money to watch anybody who claims they can achieve more than about seven or eight such shavings-especially in a gnarly piece of hardwood.

I have always found the basic drawer runners a bit more tolerant than the ball bearing variety.Particularly with regard to the drawers being dead square and exactly parallel.

I thought it might be an interesting day out.Then I looked at the ticket prices and found a good train fare and it would cost me a bout £90 to get inside the place.Doesn't seem worth it.

I think I must have screwdriver bits to cover most of those in the wikipedia article since I bought a box of several dozen including security screw heads several years ago.I think I have used five of them and two were torx.I find it curious that every plain slot head bit in these kits is very...

Just about any contact glue should work.Double sided tape might also do the job.

I have a couple from the low cost ebay sellers and they work well enough.One of them is attached to the computer in the shed and keeps the chosen radio station streaming nicely.Just over a pound delivered so if they hadn't worked,I wouldn't have lost a lot.

Jacob clearly has no sympathy for those people who make a meagre iving selling gadgets to woodworkers.They need to find devices that look plausible and which have no equivalent in the market place.Couple that with a few favourable reviews in the comics or online and it helps pay the bills for a...

Over the weekend I needed to plane a concave curve and while I have a good selection of moulding planes,they weren't particularly accessible.I did have an alternative as I bought a more or less suitable plane when visiting the Netherlands quite a while ago,so long ago that I paid for it in...

Is there any particular reason why you have chosen plywood?Any softwood combined with an inner and outer laminate of hardwood is likely to be stiffer.This site has a lot to say on the topic of bow-sheds https://www.by-the-sea.com/stimsonmarine/bowroof.html .

My knowledge may be well out of date since I switched to Linux years ago and am glad I did so.There used to be a method to go back to the configuration of the computer at an earlier point in time.If you seek a restore point and take the computer back to the way it was a week or two ago you may...

There has been a long running thread on these heaters on a boating forum http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.ph ... 9fbb93df73 .In essence you could buy a dozen or so for the cost of one of the established brands. They are a much better idea that a paraffin burner in the workshop or one of...

I'm guessing that you are either casting or moulding with epoxy.Since its one of the best adhesives there is,you would be correct in assuming the surfaces to which you don't wish to remain attached will require a covering to ensure no adhesion.You can use MDF and it is best to give it a coat of...

Long ago we could have got hold of toluene for removing the residue and it may not have done us any good in a number of ways,but it worked.These days I would switch to velcro and in fact I did just that a few years ago.

I have no need for your saw,but I saw the post and would like to offer my heartfelt sympathy for the loss of a hobby following your stroke.I hope a fellow that enjoyed being creative can find an alternative way to express that creativity and I hope your saw finds a good home soon.

I'm not sure how an enquiry about doors slipped into this thread!The original question about a shower grating deserves a straight answer and its an easy project.Teak slats of around 70mmX20mm, with a 5mm radius along the top edge trim to length.Three slats to go beneath for support,say 50mmX20mm...

I saw the thread title and wondered if T candles are anything like 4 candles...... I'll get my coat.